Around 1,500 civic workers had threatened to walk off the job during the 12-day United Nations conference, which starts on Sunday
Unions representing garbage collectors in Scotland have suspended a strike that could have proved embarrassing for Glasgow during the COP26 climate summit.
This is the second strike planned for COP26 that has been averted. Earlier this week a union representing rail workers accepted a wage offer and called off job action. Roughly 30,000 delegates and 130 world leaders will descend on the city for the conference. Tens of thousands of activists are also expected and the group Extinction Rebellion had said they plan “deliberate disruption” during the summit.
The infection rate in Scotland had been falling in recent weeks but the ONS said it jumped to 1 in 75 from 1 in 90 a week ago. That was still down from 1 in 45 in early September.
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